Brachytherapy
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 19-25 , January 2009

Late chest wall toxicity after MammoSite® breast brachytherapy

Received 12 May 2008 ,Revised 29 July 2008 ,Accepted 31 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.07.007

Brachytherapy
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